Synonyms of attempted

attempted

verb

past tense of attempt

as in tried

to make an effort to do

after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help

don't even attempt walking on your broken foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tried
• sought
• endeavored
• essayed
• strove
• assayed
• hoped
• shot at
• struggled
• had a go at
• worked
• aimed
• tried one's hand (at)
• undertook
• fought
• toiled
• troubled
• aspired
• assumed
• strained
• took up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropped
• quit
• gave up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of attempted

Pike committed the murder over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

This month, Claude attempted the same task — sans the 30 people and nearly yearlong expenditure. — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Authorities said Gosnell attempted to run from the ambulance before being transported and had to be restrained. — Brittany Miller , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Earlier that year, the Department of Health and Human Services had attempted to freeze certain child-care and family-assistance funding for Illinois and four other states over alleged fraud allegations. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

The pilot attempted to restart the engine multiple times, with no success. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Multiple approaches have been attempted to reduce these errors, such as the development of logical qubits, which combine multiple physical qubits into a large virtual one, or flipping the errors themselves to arrive at the correct answers. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

The United Kingdom has controlled the Falklands since 1833, and fought a brief war over the islands in the early 1980s after the Argentine military dictatorship attempted to seize the territory by force. — Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

All three finalists successfully detected the high-risk fire in under 10 minutes, while two of the three also deployed drones that attempted to put the main fire out. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026